How to stop controller from moving the mouse and activating keyboard keys while not in game?

[Benson]

I've just set up my Nintendo Switch Pro Controller as a Generic Gamepad. But now pressing buttons corresponds to keystrokes and the right control stick moves the mouse. It's really annoying and drains my battery.

Is there a way to stop the controller from making keyboard and mouse inputs WITHOUT disabling configuration support?

I need configuration support because, for some reason Dark Souls: Prepare to Die doesn't detect that the stick is going full tilt, making me walk slowly and unable to run. Calibrating it through the OS didn't fix it. So I had to use Steam's setting to make a bigger Outer Deadzone. And that fixed it in Game. But now I'm annoyed because on the Desktop it keeps acting like a keyboard and mouse!

[gamerX459]

i hate to necro a thread like this but i wanted to mention this to help windows 10 users and others who may have this issue

i encountered this issue during a game i was playing on an emulator..ive never had the issue before of my mouse moving while playing a game and believe me it was annoying..however i was able to discover the buttons that seem to cause the issue for me at least

if you press both the start and select buttons on your controller it seems to cause your controller to be capable of controlling the mouse..pushing both again disables it

edit: bluestacks was the source of the problem as it seems to also cause your controller to be able to affect the mouse

[Doposan]

3 years later and this is still a thing. For me, aside from I have to keep re-pair my horipad with my laptop, with the steam on, seems to fix the problem. Then after it connected it'll move the mouse with the right analog but I'll just exit steam and my controller works perfectly.

[Benson]

There are multiple settings menus where you have to remap your config over and over before it will work. (or if you're desperate just unmap them all)

• Big Picture Configuration
  
• Desktop Configuration
  
• Guide Button Chord Configuration
  
• Game-specific controller settings

Usually, the culprit is the "Desktop Configuration". But sometimes a specific game will by default force a thumbstick to control the mouse. So you need to go into big picture mode for those games to manually remap them.

Sometimes the culprit isn't the control stick, but is instead GYRO controls. These also need to be unmapped and it's sometimes hard to notice in the config menu.

Your controller will ONLY work for programs that are run THROUGH STEAM while steam is running. You can add any non-steam program to steam, and then it can work while steam is running it.

Seems like Doposan's problem is that every time the controller connects, steam thinks it's a brand new controller. So it sets all the settings to default again. Whatever ends up fixing it, it sounds like you will have to do the process every single time you connect the controller. Hopefully not tho. That would suck

[CZBGR Icepick]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Benson:

Your controller will ONLY work for programs that are run THROUGH STEAM while steam is running. You can add any non-steam program to steam, and then it can work while steam is running it.

It depends.

Some cases where a launcher or 2 DRM is required to run, Steam won't globally apply the profile (and at times it can unstick somehow at that). This means it only runs while the launcher is up and only appears to said launcher, not always the game that's being run. This is a massive frustration for me, that I have to find a way to directly launch a game without the launcher (but Razer can detect when the game/app is being run - which makes me wonder about the logic behind this principle).

Other times, like loading a game through Epic Games like GTA V requires me to launch it twice before the settings apply (to make matters worse, you can't always launch the game directly without Epic if it's DRM'd through that platform).

Another note with EG: You also can't add the EG shortcut itself even if you have to use the EG launcher. Steam somehow doesn't like it. I find myself having to program a link to the EG launcher itself then having to clock through my library on that platform for the game. Makes a one-click job overcomplicated. Otherwise, I would've made myself a batch program to do so, but couldn't be bothered making one every time.

[Benson]

That's what happens when you spaghetti launchers together. I do not understand why any company ever thought that was a bright idea. Just do that account verification server-side for crying out loud.

[StormShock]

Necropost - was having this same issue in games like Rocket League with my SteeleSeries Stratus Duo connected over the wireless USB dongle, any time I clicked in the left joystick the mouse would pop up and break controller support in all my games that use controllers. Turns out, the driver for the controller makes windows think there's a second mouse installed. Followed the steps at this link to disable that second mouse, and so far not seeing any more problems!

https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/all/controller-acting-like-a-mouse-on-windows-10/b0400895-3ae0-449e-8b34-e227d3cc201b

Note the support dude says "AlphaMouse" or something like that, and I didn't see that, just two mice that both are labelled as "HID-compliant mouse". I just disabled the second one in the list and it stopped seeing the Stratus Duo as a mouse!

[caen]

Hello everyone after 4 years i have found a solution FOR MY PROBLEM.
my problem was:

i tried to set up a dualshock 3 using scptoolkit. i have had no problems with scptoolkit however steam was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ over everything.

when steam was active, my left stick would increase volume when holded upwards and would lover it vice versa. The right stick would control my mouse for unknown reasons. The R1 button would be right click.

After getting agonized over it for over 10 hours reinstalling and looking for new software thinking scptoolkit was the problem i realised steam was the problem.
Specifically, I was trying to play MONSTER HUNTER WORLD with my controller.


What I had to was

• Right click the game in library
  
• Go to properties
  
• go to the controller section
  
• under the "OVERRIDE FOR MONSTER HUNTER:WORLD" section
  
• select "Disable Steam Input"
  
• all of the things below should change to "Disabled, per-game override"

I am so happy I was able to solve this. Hope this helps.

[Hextek1337]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Doposan:

3 years later and this is still a thing. For me, aside from I have to keep re-pair my horipad with my laptop, with the steam on, seems to fix the problem. Then after it connected it'll move the mouse with the right analog but I'll just exit steam and my controller works perfectly.

i dont know if this works for you, but my issue was Bluestacks. Maybe try and close it with taskmanager and if this is the problem u can disable the controller in the settings of Bluestacks.

[Serket]

Person from 2023 here. The menus have all been changed, and I can't play Oblivion because Steam is hijacking my controller inputs. None of the fixes work.

[tintingaroo]

One current method is like this:
Steam > Settings > Controller > Desktop Layout [Edit] > gear icon right of 'Edit Layout' > Disable Steam Input > Confirm

[johansson_samuel]

Thank your tintingaroo

[s07195]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από caen:

Hello everyone after 4 years i have found a solution FOR MY PROBLEM.
my problem was:

i tried to set up a dualshock 3 using scptoolkit. i have had no problems with scptoolkit however steam was ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ over everything.

when steam was active, my left stick would increase volume when holded upwards and would lover it vice versa. The right stick would control my mouse for unknown reasons. The R1 button would be right click.

After getting agonized over it for over 10 hours reinstalling and looking for new software thinking scptoolkit was the problem i realised steam was the problem.
Specifically, I was trying to play MONSTER HUNTER WORLD with my controller.


What I had to was

• Right click the game in library
  
• Go to properties
  
• go to the controller section
  
• under the "OVERRIDE FOR MONSTER HUNTER:WORLD" section
  
• select "Disable Steam Input"
  
• all of the things below should change to "Disabled, per-game override"

I am so happy I was able to solve this. Hope this helps.

Same Issue. MHW.
Left stick volume control. Right stick mouse.
L1 right click. R1 left click.

I faffed around with Big Picture Mode settings as per the earlier replies in this thread. Finally found this post at the end.

Lo and behold, controller responds to inputs mostly after disabling... EXCEPT OPTIONS/START BUTTON STILL ACTS AS TAB, AND L1 R1 are accepting regular L1/R1 inputs but also acting Right/Left Click still. ♥♥♥♥

This happened randomly after days of playing with seemingly no reason other than me installing some MHW appearance mods which shouldn't affect this at all. It just became like this overnight.

EDIT: Guide Button Chord whatever turns out was the issue. Still dunno why the problem randomly occurred. Hoping it won't happen next time I unplug and plug in my DS4.

[76561199061906947]

Yooo i found out, you click the little arrow on the bottom right and then find that little steam icon and close steams background functionality, it just turns it off, if anyone is here years later

[Wraith Keeper]

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Hextek1337:

Αναρτήθηκε αρχικά από Doposan:

3 years later and this is still a thing. For me, aside from I have to keep re-pair my horipad with my laptop, with the steam on, seems to fix the problem. Then after it connected it'll move the mouse with the right analog but I'll just exit steam and my controller works perfectly.

i dont know if this works for you, but my issue was Bluestacks. Maybe try and close it with taskmanager and if this is the problem u can disable the controller in the settings of Bluestacks.

I ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ LOVE YOU MAN, I SPENT HOURS GOING THROUGH EVERY OTHER CHECK AND TURNS OUT IT WAS BLUE STACKS THE WHOLE TIME.

[meowGibson]

Well... I'll give my solution here: In Steam Settings > Controller > Desktop Configuration (click edit) and than disable it. Now, if you want to use your cursor with the controller, you'll just have to Hold the central button (the Xbox logo) and move the right analog, instead of simply moving it. Now this you can set up in the next configuration right below desktop configuration